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Yes. Somehow it didn't get posted in that flood of posts. Thanks for posting it.

It's smart for the player; not so much the Sabres. Were they not in the middle of the Covid era when negotiating Dahlin's 2nd contract it likely would've been a LT deal. But due to uncertainties about revenues, ownership didn't want to get locked into a LT deal where they might have to come up with some serious $$'s with no real cash coming in. And, because it was right after 2 "down" years (by Ras' standards), he wasn't really pushing for the LT deal either. From the team's standpoint, the 2 situations are significantly different IMHO.

Worked for the Jets. 😵‍💫

Nope. And the Rags probably wouldn't want to make the trade from their side either. If you can get him for a 2nd or equivalent (basically a 'meh' player), then sure pull the trigger on him. But don't believe he really adds anything they don't already have; so don't want to give up even the 1st and small add. IF the Rags are looking to get rid of him, somebody will probably give them that. But can't see him being worth more than that and can't see him being worth that for this team. The 'but he's a 1OA pick' really doesn't move the needle. What your grades in school were (and where you went) get you your 1st job. After that, what you've done in the real world supersedes that.

Could've sworn that was included in the flood posted last night. Somehow missed it. Thanks for posting it. 🍻

In that single NCAA season that he was his brother's associate coach, they finished 2nd in the Big Ten and lost the championship game in Double OT, so they just missed out on making the NCAA Tourney. Not positive that'd be considered "losing." But, no, they were not champions if that's how "winning" is defined.

Understatement of the year.

That didn't seem to do the trick. 😞

Why are people suggesting giving up 2 (meh) assets for LaFreniere? Shouldn't 1 meh asset be enough to get 1 meh asset?

No Peterka, Krebs, nor Okposo, Girgensons, or Jost? Interesting.

@Zamboni, how did you miss this one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4ghL3yWD-I (Sorry, youtube won't let this one embed. But the link should work.)

That, and the expectation that the Sabres seem to be viewed as a playoff caliber team around the NHL (whether they actually ARE a playoff team remains to be determined) they should be seeing starters 80%+ of the time on the road and 50%+ when at home. Both of which are increases from last year. Of course, as they'll be on a 100 point pace and not just a 90 point pace they should be getting more opportunities for EN goals. Could also see more scoring as more guys get closer to their peaks and most the entire team is experienced in Granato's system. Not expecting those to outweigh the decreases in scoring the other 2 should result but it isn't entirely out of the question.

Yes, mismanaged teams find themselves in situations where they end up trading away (either out of necessity or just because) high end talent like a Ryan O'Reilly or a Jack Eichel while they are still in their prime. But, that is a rather rare occurance. (Slight hyperbole on the part of the post you replied too, but a reasonably true assertion.)

Pretty sure they were only used for the State side version of NHLN. There were a couple others in the same vein, but those were IMHO the 2 best of the bunch.

How are you defining "safely?" Don't believe they were ever in a spot where they could lose a single game and not worry about being back on the wrong side of the the line. If they never had a cushion, just how "safe" was their spot? Btw, as @LGR4GM keeps pointing out, it was 2-8-2, not 1-9-2. (The horrible Anderson backed loss to Filly came in January, not March 4. That day they beat the Bolts.)

And simply couldn't find a great old ESPN game promo commercial. Back around '93, ESPN was going to air a Sabres Pens game. The normal promo had Jagr standing on the rink, hears a faint roar, puts his ear to the ice, stands back up looks into the camera and deadpans "buffalo." But 1 time, they had Mogilny in the same spot but instead of a roar there's a faint clicking noise. Mogilny goes through the same exercise, but when he turns to the camera he deadpans "penguins." ESPN back in the day had GREAT hockey commercials.

For Chz:

And a random Lorentz and Peca commercial:

Haven't found the "check please" one yet. Did find the one where he goes with her to the party the next day, but that one's kinda lame.

Hated the Whalers. (Pat Verbeek's a pencil necked geek!) Still dislike the way their fans got the vapors in '06 and then how Ol' Camelface was whining about Lindy Ruff when his team had just captured the Stanley Cup. Welcome to the proper side. #### those guys.

They didn't lose to Filly on 3/4. They lost to them in January. They beat the Bolts on 3/4. It still was an ugly stretch, but no need to make it look uglier than it actually was.

And the Adelphia ones with "we need tuna" and "must see, must see." Labatt's bear ones were great too. "did not see that coming." "the worst part about living in Canada is sleeping on the cold rocks; I've got a waterbed; check please!" and his karioke stint. And finally, "but Steve, it's Saturday, we were biting this morning, we were biting this morning." Might try to find them this evening.

Liger's version is the one including the games as actually played, not originally scheduled. The Sabres were supposed to play Filly on March 4. They actually played TB that night. Actually, it was 4 in a row on 2 separate occasions. Not 5. Just sayin' ... 😉